Marshfield Clinic News Blog

You’ve heard the old says that goes something like: “You can choose your friends and you can choose your job, but you can’t choose your family.”

Of course most of us would gladly choose our family if that were an option (with the possible exception of that weird cousin). However, no matter how great your family is, there may be unintended consequences of those connections.

One consequence may be a genetic predisposition to a chronic disease such as Type 2 diabetes. The good news is your Marshfield Clinic health professional can help you reduce the risk for complications as Ronda Mueller, Mondovi, Wisconsin discovered.

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Academics and sports are usually central to a young man’s high school career. For 15-year-old Gabe Miesbauer, Butternut, his focus includes one more area: his health. Earlier this year, Miesbauer was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

The first warning sign affected his eyesight. “One weekend everything got blurry,” said Miesbauer. He normally had 20/20 vision. “I couldn’t watch the television or work on my schoolwork.”

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Jeanette Abraham, M.D. Family Medicine

Most people living in a northern climate like ours should probably be taking vitamin D. This vitamin is a nutrient that the body needs, primarily to maintain strong bones but also for general health. People who get too little vitamin D may develop soft, thin and brittle bones, a condition known as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.

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One of the most preventable diseases in America is on the rise and may affect one in three Americans by 2050, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Some experts predict more than half of Americans could have diabetes or prediabetes by 2020.

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